The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-23

and total assets So OO0 including fifteen hundred
tons of ice ana several head of horses and mules
valued at 81 800 Frank Expert is named
desirable person for receiver. and the plaintiffs
ask that there be accounting of all the money
the firm has taken in since it's organization.
Industrial Notes.
The Atkins Soap Company is arranging to
wind up their business It has not proved to be
a paying industry.
Fletcher & Thomas will make a large display
of their machinery for manufacturing brick and
tile out of clay at the Chicago exposition. These
works will this year manufacture 1900 900 brick.
Since March 1, eighty-two houses have been
erected on the West Side additions laid out by
Nicholas McCarty. All are neat cottages occu-
pied by mechanics employed on that side of the
river
Hstheringtora g. Berner getting out sixty
tons of castings to be used as post caps and
window guards in the new buildings going up on
the West Side for the Wood burn Sarven wheel
works.
Neurge 6 Ranking, of this city, have been
awarded a contract to erect lar ge building at
st. Mary's, for the Sisters of the Sacred Heart,
and they now negotiating with Indianapolis
dealers for the building material.
Chandler 81 Taylor pressed with orders
that they working their shops to their fullest
capacity and in some departments they are
working over time They have large sales in
Pennsylvania and the South of the class OF en-
gines they build.
The Jenney Electric Light Company has. dur
light incandescent plant at Lapeer, Mich, 800
light plant for Holton, Kan, and on Monday
shipped two car loads OF electrical mac hineIy to
the Pacific coast to fill orders
The Crescent Bre wing Company, of Aurora. may
establish brewery in this city on account of its
advantages as distributing point An agent of
the com Dany has been making inquiries as TO
prices OF two or three pieces of property. which
would be desirable ground on which to locate an
esta blishment of this character.
The Vancamp Canning Company had up to
yesterday noon put up one hundred thousand
dozens of thrse-pound cans of tomoroes. They
expect, If the frost does not come too early. to
put up nearly many moro cans this season.
They now have 700 man, women and boys at
work at their canning establishment
The indianapolis Pot tery company, a new en-
terprise. is getting well upon its feet. The com
pany now has thirty men at work They are
manufacturing from 1000 to 5000 gallons of
pottery per day. They have just completed q
large new kiln which will enable them to in
crease their output. The new kiln has 10, coo
gallons capacity.
The drought, which has prevailed over the
greater portion of Indiana for three months
past has affected the business of the dealers in
musical instruments ana sewing machines more
than any other industry. In the spring the
sewing-machine agents predicted the largest
years business in the last Ave years, but thus
far their sales not IS large as last year.
The Indianapolis Stove Company consempate
considerably enlarging their works. While
working fuli-handed and on full time with their
present capacity they unable to fill their
orders with desired promptness. All the stoves
that they manufactured during the summer
months have been shipped OUT and they have
only what they can manufacture from week to
week with which to fill orders.
Architect Bohen. of this city, advertised for
bids to do the iron work on large charitable in
stitution which is to be built Two Indlanap-
oils firms made the same bid for the work. and
were lower than the other bids. The architect
called up the two firms by telephone and asked
how much they would contribute to this charity.
largest contributor was awarded the contract.
Haugh. Ketcham g Co., the firm which has
the contract to furnish the heavy iron girdsrs
which are to be used to span Pogre's run between
Meridian and Delaware streets. will not be able
to fill the contract, it is stated. for six weeks,
owing to their inability to secure the heavy iron
required As the Orders are placed in
position, the Union Railway Company will
transfer the two tracks on the north side of the
Union depot to the south SIDE
The Byrkit Hall Consolidated Sheathng and
Lath Company, which recently filed articles of
association with the Secretary of State, with a
capital stock of $500. 900. is making arrange
ments TO manufacture these machines on a
much larger scale than heretofore. In the last
year they have sold in various parts of the
country two hundred machines and they expect
in the next twelve months TO sell five hundred
if they get in shape to manufacture that many,
which they now expect to do
The Howe Pump and Engine Company. at
No. So South Pennsylvania street. which began
business about the first of last May, is crowded
with orders. The firm have received orders for
their force-p from Denver. Col; Lock
Haven, Penn, and Jacksonville, III. They have
just got out irontower wind mill that is
proving bonanza to them. Orders for it are
coming in so lively that they will probably be
compelled to largely increase their present
force
Notwithstanding the dull mill building season,
caused by low-p priced wheat and -four the Nor
dyke & Marmon Co. do not seem to be suffer
ing from lack of orders as the following fresh
list testify: A barrel roller mill and engine
outfit for the Messner Mill Company of ST.
Johns OAK a seventy five barrel roller mill for
Cortright s. Son, of Homer. Mich; fifty barrel
Mich; a ifty-barre roller mill for Thompson.
Blackstock & Co., Paxton, ILL.,; a ffty-barrel
roller mill and engine for the Versailles lind
Milling Company; fifty-barrel roller mill for
H. o. Lyster & Co. Sedon. Kans.; fifty barrel
outfit for Milford Street 6 Co. Cadiz. KY;
fifty barrel outfit for A Corn, of Kempton, Ind.